Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5- REVIEW Day 1 Unit 4: Story 1 The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden Oral Language (Listening/Speaking/Viewing) Day 1 Focus Question: In what ways do friends work together and help one another? Build Background pg 406 Read Aloud: Darkness Is My Friend pg 407A – 407B Day 2 Focus Question: What happens when a country cricket winds up in a big city? Day 3 Focus Question: How is Country Mouse’s experience similar to Chester’s? How is it different? Use details from both selections to explain your answer Summarize pg 429 Day 4 Focus Question: How have bats in Austin and Tucker and Harry in New York, adapted to living in a city? Day 5- REVIEW Focus Question: Life in the city can be surprising and dangerous. Write a short story or essay showing how life in the country maybe seem to someone from the city. Word Study (inflected endings ) Day 1 Pretest – Spelling PB pg 97 Practice Spelling PB pg 98 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5- REVIEW Spelling: Word Sorts 435E Phonics/Spelling Book 93 Spelling: Word Meanings, 435F Phonics/Spelling Book 94 Spelling: Proofread, 435F Phonics/Spelling Book 95 Spelling: Post Test 435F Phonics/Spelling Book 96 Vocabulary: Review Words Greek an d Latin Roots Pg 410, 435C PB pg 143 Vocabulary: Introduce Words (pg 409 SE and TE 435C) PB pg 137 Strategy Context Clues / Paragraph Clues Pg 408 Vocabulary: Review Words, Related Words 435D Vocabulary: Content Vocabulary – 430 Review Words, Morphology 435D Vocabulary: Assess Words – Connect to Writing 435D Morphology Inflectional Endings 407C-407D PB pg 136

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden Unit 4: Story 1 The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden Reading (Visualize/Theme) Day 1 Read The Country Mouse and the City Mouse pg 408 - 409 Comprehension Strategy: Visualize 409A-409B Skill – Theme PB pg 138 Fluency Model Fluency 407B Day 2 Read The Cricket in Times Square pg 410 - 427 Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Skill: Theme PB pg 139 Fluency Repeated Reading: Intonation/Expression 429A Day 3 Read Continue - The Cricket in Times Square pg 410 – 427 Comprehension Check pg 429 Review Skill: Character, Setting, Plot 429B PB pg 141 Fluency Repeated Reading: Intonation/Expression 429A PB pg 140 Day 4 Read A Chance of a Lifetime pg 430 – 433 Comprehension Science: Expository Text Feature Advertisements– pg 430 PB pg 142 Fluency Repeated Reading: Intonation/Expression 429A Day 5-REVIEW Read Self-Selected Reading 406K PB pg 144 Comprehension Connect and Compare 433 Fluency Practice 406K Writing TRAIT: Voice / Create Dialogue) Day 1 Daily Writing: Write a list of things that a wild bird might see in the city that it would not see on a farm. Trait Ideas: Word Choice- Create Dialogue 433A-433B Grammar: DLA: 435G Pronouns/Antecedents 435G Gram. PB pg 76 Day 4 Day 5- REVIEW Day 2 Daily Writing: Imagine you are a cricket who is far from home. Make a list of adjectives describing how you would feel. Reading/Writing Connection 434-435 Grammar: DLA: 435G Pronouns/Antecedents 435G Gram. PB pg 77 Day 3 Daily Writing: Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the lives of a wild animal and a house pet. Trait Ideas: Voice- Replacing Telling Statements with Dialogue 435A Grammar: DLA: 435G Mechanics and Usage 435H Gram. PB pg 78 Daily Writing: Think about different wild animals. Which animal would you most like to be? Write a paragraph telling why you would like to be that animal. Trait Ideas: Word Choice Use Effective Dialogue 435A Grammar: DLA: 435G Pronouns/Antecedents 435H Gram. PB pg 79 Daily Writing: Write a review of a book or movie about a wild animal. Include a brief description and explain whey you would or would not recommend it. Conferencing: 435B Grammar: DLA: 435G Pronouns/Antecedents 435H Gram. PB pg 80